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Festival of the Salt Princess Broadside
Item
Identifier: MSS-375
Overview
A broadside advertising the Festival of the Salt Princess in Salt Lake from September 11-13th. The fun included rock drilling, log sawing, tugs-of war, pie eating, wienerwurst snapping and a “unique public marriage ceremony.” Broadside has been taped back together as it was in 4 pieces.
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Found in:
WSU Stewart Library Special Collections
Great Salt Lake Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-358
Overview
The Great Salt Lake collection contains ephemera related to the Great Salt Lake. Subjects
include Salt Lake, Salt Lake city, Antelope Island, Saltair, and the Great Salt Lake Cut-off.
include Salt Lake, Salt Lake city, Antelope Island, Saltair, and the Great Salt Lake Cut-off.
Dates:
1890 - 1931
Found in:
WSU Stewart Library Special Collections
Hastings Cutoff
Item
Identifier: MSS-287
Scope and Contents
Overland Journal article, “’The Limitless Plain’: The Great Salt Lake Desert –
The Trail Location and the Trials and Tribulations of the Emigrants While Crossing this Desert
on the Hastings Cutoff, Part I” by Roy D. Tea, Volume 23, Number 1, Spring 2005. Photocopy.
The Trail Location and the Trials and Tribulations of the Emigrants While Crossing this Desert
on the Hastings Cutoff, Part I” by Roy D. Tea, Volume 23, Number 1, Spring 2005. Photocopy.
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Found in:
WSU Stewart Library Special Collections
History of the Lucin Cut-Off
Item
Identifier: MSS-138
Scope and Contents
Handwritten history, “The Lucin Cut-Off” by an unknown author, May 1905.
This ten page document relates how the Lucin Cut-Off was constructed and describes the
topography of this area in the Great Salt Lake.
This ten page document relates how the Lucin Cut-Off was constructed and describes the
topography of this area in the Great Salt Lake.
Dates:
1905-05
Found in:
WSU Stewart Library Special Collections
Lucin Cut-off
Item
Identifier: MSS-427
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Found in:
WSU Stewart Library Special Collections
Lucin Cut-Off Accident
Item
Identifier: MSS-218
Overview
Newspaper articles and register of death about the train accident of February 19,
1904, killing sixteen Greek laborers as they were traveling to build the Lucin Cut-off on the
Great Salt Lake, Utah. This collection was donated by Stella Kapetan whose great-grandfather,
Leonidas Maltezos, was amongst the train accident victims. Donated to Special Collections,
Weber State University, 2003. Photocopies.
1904, killing sixteen Greek laborers as they were traveling to build the Lucin Cut-off on the
Great Salt Lake, Utah. This collection was donated by Stella Kapetan whose great-grandfather,
Leonidas Maltezos, was amongst the train accident victims. Donated to Special Collections,
Weber State University, 2003. Photocopies.
Dates:
1904-02-19
Found in:
WSU Stewart Library Special Collections
Miss Goldie Brown Correspondence
Item
Identifier: MSS-240
Scope and Contents
Postcards addressed to Miss Goldie Brown of Murray, Utah from Fred Schick.
Postcards are of the Western Pacific train crossing, Lucin Cut-Off, and a scenic sunset over the
Great Salt Lake. Postmarked November 17, 1908; October 10, 1910; July 19, 1911; and July 25,
1911.
Postcards are of the Western Pacific train crossing, Lucin Cut-Off, and a scenic sunset over the
Great Salt Lake. Postmarked November 17, 1908; October 10, 1910; July 19, 1911; and July 25,
1911.
Dates:
1908 - 1911
Found in:
WSU Stewart Library Special Collections
Ogden, Lagoon, and Salt Lake Photographs
Collection
Identifier: P-182
Overview
Photographs were taken in the summer of 1940, developed on July 15, 1940.
Dates:
1940
Found in:
WSU Stewart Library Special Collections
Saltair-Garfield Landing
Collection
Identifier: P-81
Overview
Photographs of the Saltair Resort and Garfield Landing on the Great Salt Lake, Utah. Sepia tone, various sizes, c.a. 1900. Images included building exteriors and interiors, bathers, and tourists. One photograph in this collection shows people and a train on Pikes Peak in Colorado.
Dates:
1891 - 1900
Found in:
WSU Stewart Library Special Collections
Saltair Resort Photographs
Collection
Identifier: P-63
Overview
Photographs of the Great Salt Lake resort, Saltair, Utah circa 1900 and 1928. Images include Saltair’s exterior and interior, bathers, and tourists strolling outside the resort.
Dates:
1900 - 1928
Found in:
WSU Stewart Library Special Collections